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South Africa's energy minster draws criticism for touting coal while his colleagues plead for green funding

4 October 2021

While South African Cabinet Ministers said in talks with international climate envoys this week that they were ready to shed their coal addiction, the country’s energy minister sang a different song at a provincial mining investment conference.

US climate envoy admits that coal-addicted South Africa needs financial help to go green

3 October 2021

US deputy climate envoy Jonathan Pershing has admitted that South Africa would need a mix of grants and concessional loans to assist with its transition to a green economy, even if it is not one of Africa’s poorest countries.

Ukrainian Railways secures cheap electricity by end-2022

3 October 2021

Ukrainian Railways secures cheap electricity by end-2022

Ukraine claims Gazprom gas deal with Hungary is “use of gas as a weapon”, demands sanctions

2 October 2021

National gas company Naftogaz and the pipeline operator Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine claimed on October 1 that last week’s deal by Russia’s Gazprom to supply Hungary is use of gas as a "weapon" and have called for sanctions.